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HORSE POWER APPARATUS.

Patented May 25,1897.

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No. 583,076. Patented May 25,1897.

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Patented May 25,1897.

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FRANCIS NOGUES, OF NE\V YORK, N. Y.

HORSE-POWER APPARATUS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 583,076, dated May 25,1897. Application filed January 18, 1897. Serial No. 619,634. (Nomodel.)

To all whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that I, FRANCIS NOGUES, a citizen of the United States,residing at New York, in the county of New York and State of New York,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Horse-PowerApparatus, of which the following is a full and complete specification,such as will enable those skilled in the art to which it appert-ains tomake and use the same.

This invention relates to horse-power apparatus such as is usuallyemployed to furnish power for running various forms of machinery; andthe object thereof is to provide an improved apparatus of this classwhich is provided with two separate power-transmitting shafts whichrevolve in opposite directions and by means of which separate machineryon the opposite sides of the power apparatus may be operated, a furtherobject being to provide a power apparatus of the class herein specifiedin which the powertransmitting shafts and the machinery operated therebywill keep in motion and gradually come to a stop after the horses havebeen stopped and without revolving that part of the power apparatus towhich the horses are hitched; and with these and other objects in Viewthe invention consists in the construction, combination, and arrangementof parts hereinafter described and claimed.

The inventionis fully. disclosed in the following specification, ofwhich the accompanying drawings form a part, in which- Figure 1 is arear end view of my improved power apparatus; Fig. 2, a centrallyvertical section on the lines 2 2 of Figs. 1 and 3; Fig. 3, a plan viewof the apparatus; and Fig. elis a section on the line 4 4 of Fig. 1,only half of the bottom portion of the apparatus being shown.

In the drawings forming part of this specification the separate parts ofmy improvement are designated by the same numerals of reference in eachof the views, and in the practice of my invention I provide a truckframewhich consists of two horizontal bars 5, which are connected bycross-plates 6 and 6, secured to the bottom thereof, and correspondingcross-plates '7 and 7 which are secured to the top thereof, and theextreme ends of the horizontal bars 5 are provided with legs or feet 8,which are intended to support the apparatus when in operation, andmounted beneath the horizontal bars 5 are axles 9, on the ends of whichare mounted the usual truck-wheels 10, by means of which the apparatusmay be transported from one point to another, and secured in one end ofthe truck-frame or between the horizontal bars 5 thereof is a cross-head11, which is provided with a forwardly-directed shoulder or projection12, in which is pivoted a tongue or pole 13, by which the apparatusmaybe drawn, as will be readily understood.

The cross-plates 7 and 6" of the truckframeare located directly back ofthe forward truck-wheels 10, and passing vertically through thecross-plate 7 and resting on the cross-plate 6 is a shaft 14, which isinclosed in a tubular shaft 15, which rests on said cross-plate 7 andmounted on the lower end of the tubular shaft is a gear-wheel 16, whichis provided in the upper side thereof with a plurality of radial sockets17, which are designed to receive levers 18, by which the appartus isoperated in the usual manner, and any desired number of said levers maybe employed.

The shaft 14 is provided at its lower end with a pinion 19, which ismounted between the cross-plates 7 and 6 and said pinion is designed tooperate a gear-wheel 20, which is mounted between the cross-plates 7 andG on a shaft 21, which passes through said crossplates, and the upperend of said shaft is provided with a pinion 22, which is operated by thegear-wheel 16, and in the operation of the device the gear-wheel 16,which is revoluble on the tubular shaft 15, operates the pinion 22, andsaid pinion operates the gear-wheel 20,which in turn operates the pinion19, which revolves the shaft 14.

The tubular shaft 15 is provided at its upper end with a flange or head23, to which are secured upwardly-directed side arms 24, each of whichis provided at its upper end with horizontal bearings 25, in each ofwhich is mounted a shaft 26, the inner ends of each of which is providedwith a gear-wheel 27 and the outer ends with a power-transmitting wheel28, and mounted on the flange or head 23 is a circular plate 29, abovewhich is mounted on the shaft 14 a sleeve 30, which is provided withfour radial arms or shafts 3], which are arranged at equal distancesapart thereon, and each of said radial arms or shafts is provided with aloosely-mounted roller 32, and the sleeve 30 and the rollers 32 rest onthe plate 29 and are free to turn thereon, the said sleeve being adaptedto turn on the shaft 14, as will be readily understood.

Resting on the sleeve 30 and on the rollers 32 is a beveled gear-wheel33, the gear of which is directed upwardly, and the beveled gear-wheel33 operates the beveled gearwheels 27 on the shafts 26, on which thepower-transmitting wheels or pulleys 28 are mounted, and the saidbeveled gear-wheel is free to revolve on the shaft 1t.

The beveled gear-wheel 33 is provided with an upwardly-directed tubularhub 34:, and that part of the shaft 1t above said tubular hub is angularin cross-section, as shown at 35, and mounted on and vertically movableon the angular portion of the shaft 11 is a clutch-head 36.

The upper end of the hub 3% of the gearwheel 33 is provided withtriangular notches or recesses in the perimeter thereof, and the lowerend of the clutch-head 36 is provided with similar notches or recesses,whereby triangular teeth or projections are formed on both the hub andthe clutch-head, and the triangular teeth or projections on theclutchhead project to the left, while those on the hub project to theright, as shown in Fig. 1.

The operation will be readily understood from the foregoing descriptionwhen taken in connection with the accompanying drawings and thefollowing statement thereof: Vhen the shaft 14: is resolved to theright, as hereinbefore described, by means of the gearwheel 16, theclutch-head 36 will revolve the beveled gear-wheel 33 and said beveledgearwheel will revolve the gear-wheels 27 in opposite directions, andthese gear-wheels, being keyed to their respective shafts 26, willrevolve said shaft-s in the same manner, and the power-transmittingwheels or pulleys 28 will therefore be turned in opposite directions.hen the gear-wheel 16 is revolved to the left, the clutch-head 36 willmove up and down over the hub 3t of the wheel 33, and said wheel and thegear-wheels 27 will not be operated and the shafts 26 andpowertransmitting pulleys or wheels 28 will therefore remain stationary.

The gear-wheel 33 rests upon and revolves on the rollers 32, and saidrollers revolve on the plate 29 and constitute an antifrictionbearingfor the wheel 33, and the entire device is simple in construction andoperation, and it is apparent that changes in and modifications of theconstruction herein described may be made without departing from thespirit of my invention or sacrificing its advantages.

\Vhen the horses which are hitched to the levers 18 are stopped, thegear-wheel 16 and that part of the apparatus connected there with andwith the truck will also immediately stop, but the machinery by whichthe power pulleys or wheel 28 are operated will keep on moving andgradually come to a stop, and the said power wheels or pulleys and theshafts on which they are mounted, the gear wheels 27, and the beveledgear-wheel 33 will also keep on moving in the same direction exactly asthey did before the horses were stopped, this operation beingaccomplished by reason of the fact that the beveled gearwheel 33 isloosely mounted and the further fact that the cluch-head 36 is free torise and fall on the angular extension 35 of the shaft 1t. This featureof the construction constitutes a great advantage over horse-powerapparatus as heretofore constructed, in which that part of the machinerywith which the levers 16 are connected would keep 011 moving after thehorses are stopped, thus rendering it very difficult to bring the latterto a stop or to stop the apparatus, for the reason that the horses werecompelled to be brought gradually to a standstill.

My invention is also not limited to the method herein described forconnecting the levers 18 with the gear-wheel 16, as it will be apparentthat this connection may be made in a number of ways, and it will alsobe apparent that other means may be employed for revolving the wheel 16without the use of the levers 18, said gear-wheel being capable of beingoperated by gear-wheels connected with an ordinarysteam-engine or othersource of power-supply.

Having fully described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent- The herein-described horse-power apparatus comprisinga truck-frame consisting of two horizontal bars connected bycross-plates secured to the bottom, and cross-plates secured to the topthereof, the extreme ends of said bars being provided with legs or feet,said frame being mounted on the usual trucks and provided with a pole,the cross-plates at the forward end of said bars being mounted thereonjustback of the front truck-wheels, a shaft passing through saiduppercross-plate and resting on said lower cross-plate, said shaft beinginclosed in a tubular shaft which rests on said upper cross-plates, thelower end of said tubular shaft being provided with a gear-wheel whichis provided with a plurality of radial sockets on the upper sidethereof, said sockets being designed to receive levers, oroperatingarms, said shaft being provided at the lower end with a pinionmounted between said cross-plates, said pinion being designed to operatea gear-wheel mounted between said cross-plates on a shaft which passestherethrough, and is provided at the upper end thereof with a pinionwhich is operated by the gear-wheel on the lower end of said tubularshaft, said tubular shaft being provided at the upper end thereof with aflange or head having upwardly-directed side arms secured thereto, eachof which is provided at the upper end thereof with horizontal bearingsin each of which is mounted a shaft, the inner end being provided with abeveled gear, and the outer end with apower-transmitting wheel, saidhead being provided with a cir cular plate above which is mounted asleeve having four radial arms or shafts arranged at equal distancesapart, each of said arms being provided with a loosely-mounted roller, abeveled gear revolubly mounted on said upright shaft and adapted to reston the said sleeve and roller, and adapted to operate the beveled gearsmounted in the upwardly-directed arms, said beveled gear being providedwith an upwardly-directed tubular hub and that part of said shaft beingangular in crossseotion and having a vertically movable FRANCIS NOGUES.

\Vitnesses:

CHARLES S. ROGERS, O. GERsT.

